The Crow has made the error of staying in the north after he should have flown south. The Fox skis by, wearing a backpack conveniently labeled "Fine Food". The usual funny violence ensues.
Columbia's cartoon producer, Charles Mintz, had died in 1939, and its cartoon production had suffered. In 1942, the company had hired Frank Tashlin away from Leon Schlesinger. He produced and directed some great cartoons -- including the precursor of this series. By the end of the year, he was gone, and David Fleischer, on the run from Paramount and his brother, would arrive, work a couple of years trying to set up some continuing series, and emphasizing the constant barrage of gags he had put into his own cartoons as director, as in this funny one. He would be gone by the end of 1944. Three or four production heads later, Columbia's management would throw up their hands, close down the department, and farm the work out to UPA.
The Fox and the Crow would survive. I recall them as characters in the "Funny Animals" comic books in the early 1960s.
Columbia's cartoon producer, Charles Mintz, had died in 1939, and its cartoon production had suffered. In 1942, the company had hired Frank Tashlin away from Leon Schlesinger. He produced and directed some great cartoons -- including the precursor of this series. By the end of the year, he was gone, and David Fleischer, on the run from Paramount and his brother, would arrive, work a couple of years trying to set up some continuing series, and emphasizing the constant barrage of gags he had put into his own cartoons as director, as in this funny one. He would be gone by the end of 1944. Three or four production heads later, Columbia's management would throw up their hands, close down the department, and farm the work out to UPA.
The Fox and the Crow would survive. I recall them as characters in the "Funny Animals" comic books in the early 1960s.
